thanks for your answer, I installed efi along with dsmos.kext, applesmbios.kext, kernel from 10.4.10 irc chan, patched bootloader with boot_v5, and my sse2 intel laptop is now stuck on infinite boot loop just after loading the extensions.
What did I do wrong?

It works on the 10.4.8 Jas release. You probably have an unsupported processor. EFI works on, but not limited to, Core Duo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Coro Solo, Pentium D. I have tested this on Pentium 4 Prescott 640 and got the infinite loop.

Hi I would like to ask some questions because I have not understood the process. First of all I am an Open Source Fan and actually I am interested in this PC EFI emulation. Although I am intereste din Darwin kernel I am not interested in Aqua and the rest of te closed parts of the OS. Does PC-EFI give an opportunity to boot the open source Darwin 9 kernel on a supported configuration? Is it possible to install GPLed software on this kernel (of course with the open source utilities/userland apps Apple provides) without needing the rest of the system? In other words can I have a GNU Darwing with the PC-EFI bootloader? Is it legall?

Thanks for your time,hacking and research. Hopefully it brings us one more step closer to an open source Apple system (I love their uKernel arch) and possibly to an L4/Darbat kernel.

Can the original DVD be used to install? I have linux w/grub and w/pc_efiv8 I can get to the prompt where I can choose a harddrive but could I instead boot to the original DVD and then do native 10.4.9 install? Great work

I’ve installed many versions of 10.5.x, and 10.4.x, but they all do overheating on my processor(core2duo 2,4ghz T7700 laptop).
And I have one Gforce 8600M GT 512RAM, so can anyone make this work on tiger???

Deming, that was sort of the Darwin project, if I’m not mistaken. I think the goal of this software is to actually be able to use OS X, as in its interface and built in software. The underlying layer is only especially relevant because that’s the part you have to fool into letting you run it on non-Apple machines.

I recently inherited a Gateway 505GR from a friend, quite a bit more oomph than the Apple G4 AGP I have had for the past several years. It has a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 processor, an Intel 915G Express motherboard, 3.0 GB of RAM, an ATI Radeon X1600/1650 video card, a RealTek HD Audio card and Windows XP.

I come at this as a Mac user who is completely clueless about the Intel architecture and simply want to know if I can install Leopard or even Snow Leopard on the above config. Dual-boot would be nice, I suppose, but this is not essential; at day’s end it will be the MacOS end of things I use most.

If it is, in fact, possible, is there a best choice of OSx86 install to use? And is it possible to upgrade to EFI in the process? Any help would be most appreciated.

Hi, Sorry for being a noob but I need some help. I’m trying to install my Retail copy of SL on my Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop. I boot using the PC EFI DVD and use F8 to open the options menu before swapping to the retail DVD. I wait until the DVD light has stopped flashing and then hit F5 however the DVD icon disapears from the menu so I can’t start the install process! Any ideas what might be wrong?